Adjunctive Nutrient, Herbal, and Oxygenative Therapies

The clinical outcome in allergy treatment is markedly enhanced if issues of lifestyle, stress and the ecologic integrity of the bowel, blood, and liver ecosystems are addressed. This becomes a critical issue when allergy symptomatology is a major part of diverse chronic immune disorders such as fibromyalgia, Crohn’s colitis, multiple sclerosis, and multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome.

My colleagues and I prescribe nutrient, herbal, and oxygenative protocols for restoring the various ecosystems of the body for individual patients in light of the total clinical context, rather than blinded and controlled trials of individual therapeutic agents. The latter approach, we have pointed out earlier, negates the very essence of the integrative approach to clinical problems.

Table 1. General Guidelines for Nutrient and Redox-Restorative Supplements for Atopic Patients With and Without Indolent Immune Disorders

The proposed integrative model of clinical allergy evolved in three phases. In the first phase, the focus was on classical immunology in general, and on in vitro methodologies for the diagnosis of IgE-mediated disorders in particular. In the second phase, the focus shifted to ecologic issues concerning the allergic individual. In the third phase, emphasis was on issues of oxidosis and dysoxygenosis that greatly amplify IgE-mediated responses. Furthermore, allergic symptomatology was seen within the broader context of oxidative-dysoxygenative injury to the bowel, blood, and liver ecosystems. A case is made for adding adjunctive nutrient, herbal, and redox-restorative therapies to the specific antigen immunotherapy for improving clinical outcome. Such adjunctive therapies were found to be especially beneficial in cases in which allergic symptomatology is associated with microscopic evidence of oxidative coagulopathy and clinical features of persistent fatigue, myalgia, abdominal symptoms, and cognitive dysfunctions.